The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-19
THE EAST.

amounting to $19, 769, $50, making the total
TO date SIS, Gus, 800
THE EAST.
The New York Press Club rendered Q re-
ception to Henry Watterson on the 10th.
The Massachusetts, Commissioners have
declared quarantine against oxen, cows
and store cattle from New York, Is in
fected with pleuro-pneumoniA
The differences between the American
Bell and Erie TELEPHONE Companies have
been adjusted, the American Bell granting
the Eric Company q perpetual contract for
its Northwestern division on the basis of
. thirty per cent. interest in that section.
and the American Bell waving all partici-
patton in dividends until January /, 1890,
when the present contract expires.
SEVEN members Of the Third regiment
band were seriously injured in escaping
from burning building at Concord, N. H.,
recently. The band was practlcing in an
upper room when the fire broke out, COM
polling the musicians 70 Jump from a win
dow.
The New York State convention of the
Greenback Labor party will be held in
Albany September q.
KNIsLEY, ToDD Il Co., wholesale dry
goods dealers of New York City, have
made an assignment.
MOONEY, the New York dynamiter, has
been officially declared insane by two ex-
aminers in lunacy.
CORONER MEssMER at New York on the
9th held an autopsy on the body of young
Russell h. Knevals, son of the late partner
OF President Arthur, and found that his
death had resulted from congestive chllls,
superinduced by the excessive use Of cigar
cites.
Rev. ]. M. MAcHAI, Catholic priest who
came from ireland to the Brooklyn diocese
last December, died the other day from
starvation. He suffered from dementia.
BIZ collision of freight trains near
Bordentown, N. j., the other morning a
fireman was killed and both engineers
badly hurt. The night operator was
asleep.
AT Rockaway Beach, N. Y, on the 9Th T.
Is. Baldwin leaped from his balloon when at
a height of about mile from the earth
and by means of a parachute descended
safely into the water q quarter of mile
from shore.
FIFTY striking miners OF the Alden Coal
Company, near Wilkesbarre, Pa, recently
attacked thirty men who had taken their
places. Many women took part in the fight.
Eichael Grist and Jacob Horton, two scabs,
were fatally injured. Phe fight lasted half
an hour. Fifteen persons were wounded on
both sides but only the two mentioned will
die of their injuries.
The dedication of the monument of the
Fifth Connecticut regiment occurred at
Gettysburg, Pa, the other morning. The
monumeIt is of polished granite, and stands
on Culp's hill short distance from Spang-
ler's spring.
WILLIAM HAYDEN, theatrical manager, is
suing Thomas w. Keene, the tragedian, at
New York, for the recovery Of &7,O0
claiming that while Keenc was employed
by him as star of theatrical company he
loaned him 5000 and paid $3.50 obliga-
tions incurred.
AMERICAN fremen, recently in conven-
ton at New York, organized into National
Association.
THREE steamers have left New York for
the purpose Of repairing the telegraph ca
bles in mid-ocean. Three breaks were re-
ported.
AT a conferen nee Of glass prescription
ware men held at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the
10th, all the differences were amicably set
tied, and work will be resumed in all the
factories.
FIRE IN the Concord N. H. Steam Power
COMPANY UuLCluk IcCeuLly CauSeO SlS0,.
900 loss to two shoe firms.
AT New Philadelphia, Pa, recently, while
Christian Baum was attempting to rescue a
deaf son from the front of railroad train he
was run over and killed, together with the
boy.
The tnirty-sixth annual meeting Of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science commenced at New York
on the 10th.
A LARGE number Of Italian laborers have
been imported to take the place Of the leath-
er strikers at Newark, n. J.
A FIRE started in Campbell 4 Dicks car
riage store, Fifth and Wood streets, Pitts
burgh, Pa, on the night of the 18th, burn
lng down the Hamilton and other blocks
The damage amounted to 81, 0OO, 600; insur-
ance probably two thirds.
TIE schedules in the assignment of the
firm of Gardner & Dudley, hat manufacture
ers, New York, show liabilities el23. 7Ss.
nominal assets $110. $50, actual assets $50
O4&
TIE three mile with turn race on Sara,
toga lake between Wallace Ross and
George Bubear. champion Of England, took
place on the 18th and was won BY the Eng
lishman, who made the distance in twenty
-inutas